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Episode #410: '40 Acres' with Aisha Harris
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Episode #410: '40 Acres' with Aisha Harris

40 acres they've got, but in *this* post-apocalypse, there’s not a mule in sight.

Maximum Film! · Kevin Avery, Drea Clark, Alonso Duralde, Aisha Harris, Marissa Flaxbart

July 11, 20251h 7mExplicit

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Show Notes

It’s week two of our inadvertent two-week celebration of the post-apocalypse on film. This time around, Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Greyeyes head up a family fighting to protect their land and their lives from murderously hungry intruders in 40 ACRES. NPR Pop-Culture Happy Hour’s co-host Aisha Harris joins us to discuss this feature debut from RT Thorne.

What’s Good?
Alonso - Making pignoli cookies
Drea - Wedge Live Cat Tour
Aisha - Finally falling for Love Island USA
Kevin - Tinder Box by James Andrew Miller

ITIDIC

  1. John M. Chu to direct Mattel’s Hot Wheels movie
  2. Behind-the-scenes creative meddling on Pixar’s Elio

List of “Down on the Farm” Movie Quiz Movies

Staff Picks
Drea - Sovereign
Alonso - Before We Forget
Aisha - The Annihilation of Fish
Kevin - The Girl with All the Gifts

All of Aisha’s links can be found at AishaHarris.com 

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Topics

pixaraisha harrispop culture happy hourwannabemovie quizeliodanielle deadwylerfarm moviespost-apocalypseblack directorsfirst-time directorsrt thorneaction thrillersmichael greyeyeshot wheelscannibalsblack filmmakers